It's Past Time For Reparations For the Survivors and Descendants of Victims of the 1921 Tulsa Massacre
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On Tuesday, a group of Oklahomans sued the city of Tulsa and a host of other defendants for their role in the 1921 Tulsa massacre, during which a white mob destroyed and looted the vibrant Black neighborhood of Greenwood and killed what some have estimated to be hundreds of residents. The plaintiffs, who include one of the few remaining survivors of the massacre, 105-year-old Lessie Benningfield “Mother” Randle, argue that the impacts of that death and destruction have continued into the present and have been exacerbated by willful disinvestment and neglect. They are calling for the creation of a victim’s compensation fund, as well as a host of other initiatives to benefit Black Tulsans. Sounds like the least that local government officials should do, frankly!